Anlässlich meines Genusses von Predestination und vor allem einfach auch, weil ich das Genre an sich trotz seiner oft vorhandenen und nicht selten kaum zu übersehenden Logiklöcher sehr gerne mag, denn hier kann man verdrehten Gedankenspielen nahezu freien Lauf lassen, heute mal meine zehn liebsten Filme mit einer Zeitreisethematik.

 

 

 

 

 

10.

Back to the Future (1985)
	Rating: 8.5/10 (569,097 votes) Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover Runtime: 116 min Rated: PG Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi Released: 03 Jul 1985
Plot: A young man is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence.

 

 

 

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Donnie Darko (2001)
	Rating: 8.1/10 (485,945 votes) Director: Richard Kelly Writer: Richard Kelly Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daveigh Chase Runtime: 113 min Rated: R Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi Released: 30 Jan 2002
Plot: A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.

 

 

 

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The Butterfly Effect (2004)
	Rating: 7.7/10 (303,691 votes) Director: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber Writer: J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Melora Walters, Amy Smart, Elden Henson Runtime: 113 min Rated: R Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller Released: 23 Jan 2004
Plot: A young man blocks out harmful memories of significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life.

 

 

 

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The Time Machine (1960)
	Rating: 7.6/10 (22,946 votes) Director: George Pal Writer: David Duncan (screenplay), H.G. Wells (novel) Stars: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot Runtime: 103 min Rated: Approved Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance Released: 17 Aug 1960
Plot: A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

 

 

 

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La Jetée (1962)
	Rating: 8.4/10 (17,614 votes) Director: Chris Marker Writer: Chris Marker (screenplay) Stars: Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich, Jacques Ledoux Runtime: 28 min Rated: Not Rated Genre: Short, Drama, Romance Released: 16 Feb 1962
Plot: Time travel, still images, a past, present and future and the aftermath of World War III. The tale of a man, a slave, sent back and forth, in and out of time, to find a solution to the ...

 

 

 

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Source Code (2011)
	Rating: 7.5/10 (310,867 votes) Director: Duncan Jones Writer: Ben Ripley Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright Runtime: 93 min Rated: PG-13 Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller Released: 01 Apr 2011
Plot: A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train. A mission he has only 8 minutes to complete.

 

 

 

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Predestination (2014)
	Rating: 7.5/10 (81,129 votes) Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig Writer: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig, Robert A. Heinlein (story) Stars: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Christopher Kirby, Christopher Sommers Runtime: 97 min Rated: R Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery Released: 09 Jan 2015
Plot: The life of a time-traveling Temporal Agent. On his final assignment, he must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.

 

 

 

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Timecrimes (2007)
	Rating: 7.2/10 (30,679 votes) Director: Nacho Vigalondo Writer: Nacho Vigalondo Stars: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo Runtime: 92 min Rated: R Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller Released: 27 Jun 2008
Plot: A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

 

 

 

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Looper (2012)
	Rating: 7.5/10 (358,937 votes) Director: Rian Johnson Writer: Rian Johnson Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano Runtime: 119 min Rated: R Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi Released: 28 Sep 2012
Plot: In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

 

 

 

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Twelve Monkeys (1995)
	Rating: 8.1/10 (379,973 votes) Director: Terry Gilliam Writer: Chris Marker (film La Jetée), David Webb Peoples (screenplay), Janet Peoples (screenplay) Stars: Joseph Melito, Bruce Willis, Jon Seda, Michael Chance Runtime: 129 min Rated: R Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller Released: 05 Jan 1996
Plot: In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

 

 

 

 

Viel Spaß mit dieser Liste. Und vergesst nicht: Where we’re going, we don’t need roads. In diesem Sinne…. 😉